Prov 15: 1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Again in the wisdom that God has granted to him, King Solomon
gives this advice to his children that it is in the nature of man to receive
kindness rather than anger or evil.
Jesus gave us this perfect example than even though he had suffered
torture in the hands of the roman soldiers and the temple leaders, He never
retaliated in action or words. He was meek and humble all through and even in
deep agony of severe pain and at the point of death, Jesus responded to all
these in gentleness and meekness.
He called out to the Father, ‘forgive them for they do not know what they do.’ This very act of
love has ingrained into the hearts of all believers to be forgiving and meek.
Jesus also reprimanded His disciples on other occasions when they responded in
their carnal nature.
For example on one occasion when a certain village had refused
to receive Jesus and provide hospitality His disciples said ‘do you want us to call down fire from
heaven to destroy them?’ Jesus replied and told them, ‘God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to
save the world through Him.’
Jesus came for the purpose of teaching us the values of the
Gospel and also the Kingdom of God. He did what the Father told Him to do and
He spoke the loving words that the Father wanted Him to speak. In other words,
He set a pattern for us all to follow so that we might be like Him.
Our mission on this earth is to be like Jesus and also to do
the same work that He has done while He was on earth. There is a high calling
for each of us to be the living testimony for Jesus. We must train ourselves to
live like Jesus and be His ambassador to the world of he lost.
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